Tape-applying machine.



No. 887,807. PATENTED 00T. 8, 1907.

. I. DRBYPUss.

TAPE APPLYING MACHINE. APPLIoATIoN FILED SEPT. 11, 190e.

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PATENTED 00T. 8, 1907.

TAPE APPLYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 11', 190B.

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I. DREYPUSS.

TAPE APPLYING MACHINE. APPLIUATION FILBDSEPT. 11, 190e.

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I. DREYFUSS. TAPE APPLYING MACHINE.

APPLIoATIoN FILED SEPT. 11, 190e.

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TAPE APPLYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 11 1900.

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' I.:DRBYFUSS. TAPE APPLYING MACHINE.

APPLIIJATION FILED SEPT. 11, 1906.

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W/TNESSES ATTORNEYS PATENTED OCT. 8, 1907.

I. DRBYFUSS. TAPE APPLYING MACHINE.

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APPLICATION .IILBDSEP 11, 1906.

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TPE-APPLYING MACHINE.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsxDoR DREYFUss, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of .the city of New York, borough ol Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Tape-Applying Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The 4purpose of the invention is to provide a machine especially adapted for inserting tape into paper boxes, or penetrable boxes of a kindred type, which tape may be employed' for holding' the contents of the boxes in placel or for holding one or more sections in position.

A further purpose of the invention is to so construct a machine of the character described that it will be comparatively simple, durable and economie and practically autolnatic in action, and so that the tape will be drawn from a suitably placed reel, gripped by a needle l and carried down thereby to and through the b'ox adapted te receive it and said tape cut the desired length.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide a means for holding the tape in position to be cut after it has been passed through the box if desired,` or whereby the tape can be cut before it has been introduced into the box, and` the free end of the tape be prevented from becoming entangled with the needle.

Another purpose of theinvention isto provide mechanism whereby the tape will be unreeled, conducted to and through thebox and cut the desired length during' one continuous movement of the master parts of the 1nachine, or whereby the unreeling of the tape, its conducting`to and through the box and the temporary retention of the end passrd through the box can be accomplished during the downward movement of the master parts, for example, and the cutting of the tape beperforlned while said tape is taut and at the upward movement of the master parts.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully sct forth and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. v

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine; Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation oi the upper portion ofthe machine; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of that portion of the maof lthe cutting mechanism, the Ishear blades of which arev shown open to receive the tape; Fig. 6 is a sectional .side

elevation of the parts shown in Figs. 2 and 3, illustrat.

ing the tape carried down to enter abox andthe cutting Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 11, 1906. Serial No. 334,159.

Patented Oct. 8, 1907.

mechanism being about to act; Fig. 7 is a view similar to that shown in Fig. 57 but illustrating the position of the parts oi the cutting mechanism when its shear bladesV are closed; Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail view of the detent mechanism for the tape, which acts to pre vent the upward movenientof the body of the tape after the desired length has been cut therefrom, and which holds the tape in position to be again engaged by the needle; Fig. 9 is a transverse section taken practically on the line 9 9 of Fig. 8; Fig. 10 is a front elevation of a slightly modified form of the machine; Fig. 11 is a side elevation of the machine shown in Fig. l0; Fig. 12 is a 4horizontal section taken practically on the line 12-12 of Fig. 11, drawn upon an enlarged scale; Fig. 13 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the upper portion of the machine; Fig. 14 is a sectiohal side elevation of parts shown in Fig. 13, drawn upon a larger scale; Fig. l5 is a horizontal section taken practically. on the line 15- 15 of Fig. 14, showing the cutter in plan view and the shear blades open; Fig. 16 is a detail sectional view i through the rest for the box and the mechanism ein ployed for holding the end of the tape passed through the box prior to the action of the shears on said tape; Fig. 17 is a front elevation of the needle and needle-carrying mechanism; and Fig. 18 is a section taken prac` tically on the line 18-18 of Fig. 14, through the detent mechanism employed' to prevent the tape riding back to the reel in the form of the machine shown in Fig. 10.

The main frame of the machine is a stationary frame and consists of an upper preferably rectangular section A through suitable eyes 14 formed in the sections A and- A, being secured to said sections, and 'said standards 12 and 13 are circular in cross section-andY areA connected to the floor or other support in any suitable or approved manner.

The sections A and A extend some distance beyond the forward standards 13 as is shown in Fig. 1.

As is shown Vin Figs. 1 and'lO a drive shaft 15 is mount-` ed to turn in suitable bearings 16 adjacent to the-bottom of the said main frame, said bearings extending from the' front t'o the rear standards as is particularly shown in Fig. 1, and said shaft 15 is extended beyond one bearing 16 and provided with a pinion 417 and a driving pulley 18 that are secured thereon. In addition to the shaft 15 to which the power is applied al main driving shaft 19 isvemployed, parallel with and below the shaft 15. The main drive shaft 19 is journaled in bearings 26, located below the bearings 16, am

the main shalt 19 extends beyond the trame at the same end as does the drive shaft l5. A gear wheel 2l is looselymounted on the projecting end of the main shalt 19, and the hub of said gear wheel 2l is provided with a Clutch face 2l, adapted for engagement with a clutch 22, usually an ordinary piu clutch. which is mounted to slide upon and turn with the shaft t9 and to engage with the clutch lace 21l of the gear wheel 2l.

TheY pin clutch 22 is provided with the usual spring 23, which forces it in engagement with the clutch face i 2lIl of the gear wheel 21, and the pin 24 ot' the clutch is spring actuated and the springsvbear upon a support 25. The pin 24 is operated through the medium ot' an arm 2G connected with the said pin and attached to a treadle 27 suitably pivoted at the lower portion ot` the main ira-me, which treadle at its forward end, or the end to be engaged by the toot, is held elevated by means of a spring 28. Two or more devices for placing tape in a box may be mounted upon the above described main trame. u The devices are alike in construction and therefore but one ot' them will be described.

A main guide bar 3l rectangular in cross section is secured at its upper el'id to a block 32, which is held to slide on the front bar l0 ot the upper section A ot' the mainframe, and the lower end ol this main guide bar 3l is secured toa block 33 provided with a tongue which travels in the slot l0 in the trout bar of the lower trame section A. The lower block 33 is held in adjusted position by means ol a suitable set screw 33 passed through the front bar 10" from the back as is shown in Fig. 2, and the said lower sliding block 33 provided with a forward horizontal extension 33, in which extension a vertical opening 35 is made for the downward passage of the tape and likewise for the reception ot' an upwardlyextending and vertical tongue 34 held in place by means of a screw 36, or its equivalent. The object of this tongue is to receive the upper free end ot` the tape after the tape is cut, preventing said free end from becoming entangled with that end engaged by the needle to be hereinafter described and which is to be introduced into the box.

A carriage is provided adapted to carry the tape-conducting mechanism, which carriage consists primarily of two guide sleeves 37, which are mounted to slide upon the forward standards 12, and each of said guide sleeves 37 is provided with an eye 38 at its front, through which eye an operating shalt 39 is passed. This `shalt is actuated by crank arms 40 secured to its ends outside ot' the main frame, the outer ends of said crank arms being pivotally connected with links 4l, which links in their turn are secured tothe end portions of a shaft 42 journaled in bearings 42 secured to the rear uprights 12 of the said main frame as is shown in Fig. 1. One of the links 41 is pivotally connected with a pitman 29, and said pitman extends -down to the lower portion of the machine at one side and is pivotally connected with a crank arm 30 on the main shaft 19 of the machine, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 10.

In the further construction of the aforesaid carriage a slidef4'5 is mounted upon the main guide bar 31, as

'is best shown in Fig. 2. This slide is provided at its rear with horizontal parallel projections 46 and 47, between which the operating shaft 39 passes, and said shaft is held in position between these two projections by means O a set screw 48 or its equivalent. 1n order to take up any lost motion, or to provide lor any wear between said slide t5 and the main guide bar 3l. a plate 49 is located within the slide between its` rear section and the rear face of the bar as is also shown in Fia. l'. and the said plate 49 is held adjusted to the said bar b v means ot` suitable screws 49".

A needle bar 50 also preferably rectangular in cross section, is either attached to or constitutr s an integral portion of the front ol the slide 15, extending downward therefrom parallel with thc front lace of tbc main guide bar 3l. The lower end ol the said needle bar .Utl al its rear lace is beveled as is shown at 50" in Fig. 2. and a needle 5l is secured to thc lower end ol' the said bar 5U at its front face, extending below the lower end ot' the bar. The needb` 5l is in the form ol' a llat strip ol' metal lprovided with a series ol teeth at its lower end. 'lhese teeth are adapted to engage willi thc tap: as will be herein-alter described and to carry it down and pass said tape through the box to which it is to bc applied. usually at the lower corner portions ol' the box. At ontl side ol'the slide 45 a diagonal or cam groove 52 is produced asis shown in Figs. l and 7. which cant groove or surface 52 is adapted to operate the cuttingr mechanism in a` manner to be her( inat'tcr particularly set t`orth.

A carriage constructed as has been described is counv terbalanced by means ol a weight 53 and said wcight may be made to travel in vertical guideways ex tending down from the top section A ol the main frame it so desired. (`ords or cables 54 are attached to said weighty 53, which cords or cables are carried up over pulleys 5G as shown in Fig. l, said pulleys being sccured to a shaft 57mountc l to turn in the said upper section A ol the main trame, and the olhcrcnds ol the said cords or cables 54 are carri( d downward at the front and are attached to the operating shalt 39 by means of suitable eyes 58 formed thereon, or by equivalent means as is illustrated in Fig. lt).

As shown in Fig. 2, on the upper end oty the main guide bar 3l a Collar 59 is secured by means ol` a stt screw 59" or its equivalent; an'd at the left hand sid(I ot' the said collar 59 the upper end of a supporting bar titl is secured, which supporting bar at its lower end is pro` vided with a forwardly extending table lll adapt d as a support lor the cutting mechanism l'or the tape. to bc hereinafter specifically described. At thtl upper end portion ol the said supporting bar (l0` which bar cxtends down parallel with the main guide bar 3l a horizontal bearing arm (i2 is provided, extending pret'erabl) in direction of the lelt hand side of the machiiul as shown in Fig. 3. ln this arm 62 the upper end portion of a cutter-controlling shaft, G3 is mounted to turn. said shaft being likewise mounted in the upper sliding block 32. The lower end of the shalt (i3 is mounted to turn in the lower sliding block 33 carried by the main guith` bar 31.

A sleeve. (i4 is secured to the upper end portion ol tho cutter-controlling shalt (S3 between the block 31. and thtI bearing G2, the attachment being preferably made by means oi a set screw 64 as is shown in Fig. 4; and in the peripheral surface el the said sleeve ($4 a rtf-css (55 viS made as also indicated in Fig. 4. lhis' slcevc t-l, as will be hereinafter described, is adapted to operana cutter actuating shalt. 70, which is parallel with tln shaft G3 but in iront of it.

A second sleeve G6 is adjustable upon the said cut tcrcontrollingl shaft 63, being slidably mounted thereon and capable of movement to almost the upper end of the shaft and practicallyto its lower end. This adjustable sleeve 66 as is best shown in Figs. 6 and 7, is held in adjusted position on its shaft by a set screw 67 or a like device, and is provided with a key 68 adapted to slide in a groove'in thesaid shaft. Said adjustable sleeve 66 is further provided' at its peripheral surface with a pin 69. This piny adapted to enter the ca'm slot 52 at the side oi the slide 45 at the upward and downward movement of said slide, and at the down-` `journaled at its upper end in the bearing arm 62 of the supporting bar 60 and is provided with asleeve 7l secured thereto above the bearing arm by means of a set screw 72. Said sleeve 71 carries a single tooth 7 3 which tooth enters the recess 65 in the fixed sleeve 64 of the Vcutter-controlling shaft 63, as is shown in Fig. 4. Thus it will be observed .as the cutter-controlling shaft 63 is rocked by the upward and downward movements of the slide .45 a similar rocking movement is imparted thereby to the cutter-operating shaft 70. A collar .74 is secured to the cutter-actuating shaft 70 below the bearing arm 62and serves to prevent said shaft 70 from shitting the cutter-actuating shaft 70, and above said crank arm a collar 76 is usually secured to prevent the arm from rising upward, while at the outer end of said crank arm 75, which extends forwardly over the table 61, two v links are pivotally connected, preferably of the same length,

namely an upper link 76 and a lower link 77.

A projection 78 is made from the forward end of the tablepl adjacent toits right-hand side edge, and

through said projection the pivot 8l for shear blades 79 and 8() is passed, which pivot pin is provided with an upper head 82as shown in Fig. 6; and a spring 83 is coiled around the pivot pin at that portionl which extends through and beyond the table. Nuts 84 are screwed upon the lower end of the said pivot pin 81 so as to regulate the tension of said pin on said shear blades 79 and 80. The upper link 76 connected with 'the crank arm 75 is pivotally connectedto an extension 85 from the outer endof the left-hand shear blade 80, the extension being located neartheinner or free end of said `blade, and the opposing link 77 is pivotally connected with an extension arm 86 from the pivot portion of the right-hand shear blade 79. The shear' blades face an opennig 6la in the table 6].,` through which the main guide bar 3l passes and the needle 56,

and through which the tape 96 carried by the needle of the needle bar likewise passes, and the directing plate 34 is visible at the forward portion of this opening as is shown in both Figs. 5 and 7.

A vertical tension bar 87 is about centrally fulcrumed upon a forwardly-extending bracket 88 secured to the iront portion of the supporting bar 60, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and said tension bar extends downward at the front of the needle bar. Further, the said supporting bar is provided with a guide projection 89 from its right-handfside, which serves to direct the lower portion of the tension bar 87 in its rocking movement.

A forwardly-extending arm 89 constitutes an integral portion o the upper end of thev tension bar 87, and a spring 90 is secured to the outer end of the said arm 89 and to the front of the fixed sleeve 59 on the main guide bar 3l, which spring 90 tends to draw the upper end of the tension bar rearward or in direction of the main guide bar, and when the said spring 90 so acts the lower end of the tension bar is carried away from the bar 87 is of sufficient length to extend somewhat below the needle 51 when the needle bar yis in its upper or normal position as is shown in Fig'. 2, and preferably while the upper portion of the tension bar is straight its lower portion, or that portion below its pivot is more or less inclined toward the rear. l

cross section, comprising a member a which is at right angles to the needle bar 50 and which is the main member of the.said tension bar, and a member a which is 'die-carrying bar 50, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 3.,y At the upper end portion of the said tension bar'87 what I term a track bar 91 is adjustably secured, and theixpper portion of this track bar is inclined-upward and rearward so as to extend beyond the rear edge of the upper end'portion of the said tension bar as is shown in Figs. 2 and 6.l When the carriage for' the needle bar is in its upper or normal position shown in Fig. 2, the track bar will be in engagement with the iront face oi the `slide 45 and its upper end will therefore be forced outward, the spring 90 will be placed under tension and the lower end of the said tension bar will be carried inward as 'far as is desirable in directionof the needle 51 to facilitate the needle taking the tape 96, which tape is held at the bottom edge of the tension bar; but when the carriage is in its lower position as is shown in Fig. 6, the spring 90 draws the upper end of the tension bar 87 'rearward and carries the lower endof said tension barout or away from the needle end of th'o needlethe needle engages the tape to carry it downward and secure it in the box.

.What I term a directing plate 92 is adjustably pivoted' at its upper end on the front face of the member ai of the tension bar 87, as .shown particularly in Fig. 8. 'Ihis directing plate extends down to the lower edge of the tension bar, andl in its inner'longitudinal edge near lits bottom is provided with a recess 93, and at its bottom with a foot 94 that extends in direction of the main member a of the said tension bar. The foot 94 is provided with an outwardly-extending toe 95 parallel with yet spaced hom the main member a oi said tenneedle-carrying end of the needle bar 50. The tension The lower portion of the tension bar 87 is L-shaped in l opposite to and parallel with-the front face of the nee- `carrying bar, thus preventing any undue friction when sion bar 87, as is shown in 1-`ig. 9. The tape 96 is carried down in engagement with the front face of the member a/ of the tension bar and in engagement with the adjacent face of the member a as is shown by broken lines in Fig. 8, and between the toe 95 of the directing plate and the member a of the tension bar. Thus it will be observed the tape is guidtd as it passes from the tension bar, and by means of the adjustment of thc directing plate 92 tape of 'different widths may be adapted to the machine.

What I denominate a-combined tension and detcnt plate 97 is employed, which plate is incidentally used to impart more or less tension to the tape in a downward direction, but primarily Vis adapted toprevcnt the tape moving upward at its severed end after it has been cut by the shear blades described. This plate 97 is pivotcd to the member a of the tension bar 87 by means of a suitable pin 98, and at the lower end of said plate a series of pointed lingers 99 is secured, preferably of a spring material. Said fingers 99 engage with the member a of the tension bar 87 opposite the recessed portion of the directing plate 92. The said tension and detent plate 97 is held to its work by means of a spring 100, secured to the tension bar and having bearing upon the front face of the said plate 97, as is shown in Figs. 2, (i and 8.

The tape 96 is unwound from a reel 101 mounted to turn upon an upright post 102 secured to the outer end of a. forwardly-extendingpocket 103, connected with the supporting bar 60; and at the rear of the reel-carrying post 102 parallel and spaced guide posts 105 are located, connected by a cross bar 104 over which the tape 96 passes downward along the tension bar' 87 through a suitable guide 106, and then between the tension bar and the tension and detent plate 97 and directing plate 92 out beyond the lower end of the said tension bar as has been described.

A directing member 107 is employed to direct the cut ends of the tape 96 to the rear, holding said tape in such position that it will be readily engaged by the Vneedle 51 as the needle bar 50 descends` This direct ing member consistsof a substantially L-shaped plate pivoted at its upper'end to the member a of the tension bar, and its lower end 108 extends below the lower edge of the tension bar 87, and the rear extremity of this member 108 is more or less downwardly curved, as shown in Figs. 2` and 6. After the shears have cut the tape the lower member 108 holds the cut portion of the tape against the bottom edge of the tension bar 87 thus causing theI lower extremity of the tape to assume a substantiallyhorizontal position in the path of the needle.

member, as is shownirf Figs. 2 and 6. When the needie engages with the tape to carry it downward, the slide 45 will. have passed the track bar 91 on the tension bar 87,-and the spring 90 will then. act to drawy back the top ofthe tension bar and carry its lower end forward,l thus taking the directing member out of the path of the descending needle; and since said directing member is pivoted, as the tape is placed under tension by its engagement with the needle, the directing member is pushed forward out of the way, thus relieving the tape from undue tension.

A table 111 is provided for the boxes into which the tape is to be introduced, and this table is secured to a front cross bar 112, adjustably attached to the forward uprights or standards 13. The table is provided upon its upper face with a V-shaped trough 113, h-.tving an opening 114 in its bottom or where its members connect, which opening registers with a corresponding opening in the table lll, and the opening in 'said table 111 is usually surrounded by'a suitable housing 115, into which the needle carries the tape after forcing said tape through the box. The box is placed corncrwise in its trough support l t3, as is shown in Fig. l, since it is customary to pass the tape through the bottom corner portions of the box.

ln the operating of this type of machine, the parts being in their normal position shown by Fig. l, the treadle 27 is pressed downward, which brings thc clutch into action to produce one revolution of the main shaft 19, and during such revolution the carriage is carried downward and then upward to its norm-.1l position. As the carriage is moved downward through its connection with said shaft 19, the needle bar descends with the carriage, the needle grips the supported lower end of the tape and carries said tape downward forcing the directing member forward out of the way; and as soon as the needle has passed the open shear blades 7!) and 80 as far as has been determined by the set of the adjusting collar 66, the projection (i9 from that collar will enter the cam groove 52 in the slide 45, and the cutter-controlling shaft G3 will be rocked, imparting a similar motion to the cutter-actuating shaft 70, the dircction of rotation being such as to close the shear blades and sever the tape as shown in Fig` 7. The needle continues downward, and the upper end portion ofthe severed strand of tape will drop over the 'directing plate 34 while the needle carries the other end of the tape through the bottom of the box, where the tape is held by frictional contact with the material of the box, enabling the needle to be readily withdrawn forthe upward movement of the carriage. In the meantime the severed end of the tape from the reel 101 is prevented from riding vup by the action of the combined tension and detent plate 97; and as the carriage ascends the pin (S9 on the adjusting sleeve G6 of the cutter-controlling shaft 63 again enters the cam groove 52 of the slide 45, and the shafts 63 and 70 are returned to their normal positions, which action causes the shear blades 79 and 80 to open. When the slide 45 reaches its upper or normal position the clutch will have ceased to act on the shaft .19 and thc movement of the carriage will have stopped and the track bar 91 wil-l have engaged with the said slide 45 and thus forced the lower end of the tension bar 87 rearward, bringing the cut end of the tape in position to be cngagcd by the needle 50 when the carriage is again sent downward.

1n the form of thc machine shown in Fig. 10 and the following tigures of the drawings the needle-carrying and knife-operating sections differ slightly from that shown in the other views to the extent that in this form of the device the tape is first carried down through the senso? box and is held where introduced and is cut while the needle-operating mechanism is at rest on its upward stroke; and as thc operating bar for said mechanism travels further upward, whereas, in the other form of thc machine the entire operation of inserting and cutting is performed at the downward stroke of the needleoperating mechanism.

The main frame and the motive power are identical, .together with the carriage, except that the slide 45 is dispensed with; and further, in connection with the iramethe upper and lower sliding blocks 32 and 33 are employed as in tbe other form, connected by the main slide bar 31; and in this type of the machine any desired number of special devices to be hereinafter described may be mounted upon the one main frame. I

"The carriage differs slightly in construction in this type of the machine, in that the operating shaft 39 is provided at its front surface with a longitudinal groove 110l as is shown in Figs. 10 and 13. A standard 112", circular in cross scction,.is secured at its upper end in any suitable or approved manner to the head block 111 which is mounted to slide on the main guide bar 31 and y is held in adjusted position by a set screw or its equivalent. The lower end of this cylindrical standard 112 is reduced in diameter as shown `at 112b in Fig. 1.4; and 4 said cylindrical standard 112n is adapted as a guide-for a knife-operating tube 1,13", which has limited sliding movement o n said standard. The movement of the knife-operating tube 11.3l is limited by passing a stop pin 114" out through a slot 115 madeI longitudinally in preferably the forward face of said knife-operating tube. Tho knife-operating tube 113a is cut away at the rear portion bf its lower end and at the side, being therefore Vmore or less tapering at said lower end; and in the lower `or tapering portion of said knifeoperating tube 113,

which is the front lportion of said tube, two slots 116 and 117 are produced, which slots converge at their lower ends and diverge at their upper ends. The knife-operating tube 113 is held in its normal position by a spring 118,'attached to the forward upper portion of said tube and to the upper front portion of the guide standard 112a for the tube, as clearly shownj in Figs. 10 and 13.

When the knife-operating tube 113 is in its normal( position, the contracted lower end of said tube will extend but a slightdistance beyond the lower end of the guide standard 112, asis shown in Fig. 14.

Two shear blades 120 and 121 are employed to cut the tape, and each blade is provided with an eye 122 preferably at its forward end, and the eye sections of the blades are mounted'one upon the other and the reduced lower end 112'J of the guide standard 112a is loosely passed through the eyes 122 of said shear blades as is illustrated in Figs. 14 and 15. A washerI 123 is carl ried by the reduced lower end 112b of the guide standard 112 as is likewise a coiledspring 124 and nuts 12.5 as is shown in Fig. 14. r1 `hese parts serve to hold the eye sections of the shear blades in 'suitable frictional contact. A pin is projected from the eye section of each of the shear blades 120 and 12,1, said pins for the blades being designated respectively as 120n and 121". Thepin 121for.the blade 121 passes through the slot 116 in the knife-operating tube 113, while the pin 120L for the opposing blade 120 passes out through `the slot 1-17 in the said knife-operating tube, as is clearly shown in Fig. il.

When the knife-operating tube 113 is in its upper or normal position, the pins 121 and 120n of the shear blades will be at the lower endvportions of the slots 116 and 117, and consequently the shear blades will be held open, as shown in Fig. 15. When', however, the knifeoperating tube 113" is forced downward 'the pins 121a on the shear blades will ride up in the slots 116 'and 117, causing the said shear blades to close and sever the tape which may be between them.

The operating mechanism for the knife-operating tube 113*L isas follows, and is best shown in Fig. 13

`A hanger 126 is secured t0 preferably the left-hand side of the head block 111, extending down below said block, and said hanger is provided with a forwardly-extending horizontal arm 127, which carries a forwardly-extending adjustable stop pin 128. A lever 129 is pivoted at the lower end of the hanger 126; and at the rear end of the said lever an upwardly-extending arm 130 is secured. To the arm 130 a downwardly-extending finger 131 is pivoted, pressed rearward by means of a spring 132 located `between it and said arm 130; butthe outward or rearward movement of the finger 131 is controlled by a check rod 132. This rod 132l is so adjusted that while it is free to slide in the arm 130 it will hold the lower end portion of the finger 1.31 in a position to be engaged by the slotted portion 110a of the operating shaft 39 when the carriage ascends, as is also vshown in Fig. 13. At such time the shaft 39 in its upward movement by such engagement will raise th'e rear end of the lever 129v and will depress its forward -end 129,. which end carries with it an adjustable strap 130, pivotally connected 'with a bar 133, said bar being likewise pivotally connected with the upper end of the knife or shear-operating tube 113, as is shown in Fig. 13. Thus it will be observed that as theforward end of the lever 129 is pressed downward, it carries downward with it the said shear or knife-operating tube 113 causing the shear blades to close: and as soon as the finger 131 is released from the operating shaft 39 the spring 118 will act to immediately restore the knife or shear-operating tube 113 to its normal position, thus opening the shear blades. When the operating shaft 39 descends for purposes to be hereinafter described, it simply pushes the finger 131 inward or forward and has no action at such time on the lever 129. The connecting rod 133 is preferably made in adjustable sections so as 'to control the movement of the knife or .shear-operating tube 113".

The needle bar 134 is seemed to the lforward portion of a slide 135 corresponding tothe slide 45 in the i other construction. Said slide 135 is usually of skeleton construction, embracing av vertical rear member and upper and lower-horizontal members which are mounted to slide on the main guide bar 31, and to which horizontal members the needle bar 134 isV secured, as isalso best shown in Fig. 13. This slide 135 is provided with a yrearwardly-extending lug 136, integral with or attached to its rear vertical member, and said lug136 is. adapted to be engaged by the operating shaft 39 on its downwardmovement, at which time said shaft carries said slide 135 with it, and consequently the needle bar 134.

A tubular shield 137 is provided for the lower end of the needle bar 1.34 as is shown in 13 and 1.4.

13oVl This tubular shield has its rear lower' portion-downwardly and forwardly beveled, as shown at 138 in said Figs. 13 and 14, and at its lower forward portion an opening 139 is produced, extending to its lower edge. When the needle bar shield 137 is in normal position its lower end protects the needle 140 which is secured to the lower end of the needle bar; and this needle, as is shown in Fig. 17 preferably consists of a flat body section provided with a series of teeth at its lower end.

At the upper end of the needle bar shield 137 a collar 141 is produced, and a spring 142 holds said needle bar shield in its normal position shown in Fig. 14, said spring being secured at its upper end to the upper portion of the shield, and at its lower end is attached by means of a` hook 143 or its equivalent to the needle bar 134, said hook passing through a longitudinal slot 144 in the rear face of the said shield as is also shown in Fig. 14. ln this manner the movement of the shield is linnted.

The needle bar 134, its slide 135 and all the parts carried by said needle bar and its shield are slightly more than Counterbalanced by a tension device which tends to return the needle bar to its normal position after having been forced downward by the operating shaft 39 and released therefrom. Said tension mechanism consists of a chain or cable 145 which is passed around a drum -146 mounted upon a shaft 147 carried by a bracket 148 secured to the upper portion 32 of the main guide bar 3 1, and barrel springs 147 are mounted on the shaft 1.47, and act to cause the cable to be Wound upon said drum, said lsprings being placed under tension when the needle bar is carried downward, acting to return the needle bar to normal position when released from downward pressure.

A bracket 149 is shown attached tothe upper portion of the head block 111 and as extendingl forwardly therefrom', and said bracket is provided with a post 150 upon which t-he reel `of tape 151 is loosely mounted. The tape is passed over a friction roller 152 located between vertical guides 153 also supported by a bracket 149, and supplemental guides may be employed if desired. The tape 151 after being passed over the friction roller 152 is carried down through the guide opening 154 in the forward portion of the head block 111 but to the rear of the guide standard 112 for the shearoperating tube 113, as best shown in Fig. 13; and as is illustrated in Fig. 14 the tape is further passed through a guide opening 155 in the collar 141 at the top of the 'needle bar shield 137, thence down to the lower portion of the said shield through the lower guide 15.6 also carried by the shield. 4 detent and feed mechanism, however, is employed to prevent the upward movement of the tape after it has been cut, or as it is being drawn down and primarily to feed the tape downward. This mechanism consists of an arm 157 pivoted at its upper end between ears 158 secured to the forward face of the needle bar shield 137 near its upper end` and at about the central portion of said'arm a series of downwardly-inclined blades or needles 159 are secured, ex-

tending through the rear face of said arm as is shown, in

'is particularly shown in Fig. 14. In order that the l Figs. 14 and 18. The said needles 159 are normally held in engagement with the tape, which passes immediately to the rear of said arm, by means of' a spring 160, having bearing upon the front face of said arm as e5; asesor' tape shall be properly guided where the detent needles are located` and furthermore in order that the arm 1.37 shall not be pressed too far to the rear and tlnls picrcc the tape and retard it in its downward movement. opposing guide lugs 161, best shown in Fig. 1S. extend horizontally from the needle bar shield in a forward direction below the cars 57. and the spring 160 causes the inner or rear face of the arm 157 to hare bearing against said lugs.

A swinging guide arm 162 is provided for the lower forward portion of the needlo bar shield 13T. Huid swinging guide arm l62 is best shown in Figs. |l and 17. Ity is of angular construction` having a downwardlyv and rearwardly inclined lower member 163 which extends through the front lower slot 139 in the needle bar guide normally to a point below thc carrying needle l-ttl on said bar and in the path of said needle as is shown in Fig. 14. .\n opening ltl is produced in the swinging guide arm 162 where its two members connect. and the front face ol the body portion ol the said swinging :n'ni 162 above said opening 164` is curved downward iu direction of said opening. guide plate 165 secured to the rear face of the swinging guide arm 162 extends downward and forward through the opening 161 in said swinging guide arm. and said guide plate 165 at. its outwardly-extending end is likewise apertnred, the aperture therein being in aliucment with the opening 161 in the swinging guide arm and the cut-away portion 139 of the needle bar shield 137.

A spring 164" serres to normally hold thc swinging guide arm'162 quite close to the forward lower tace ol the needle bar shield. as is shown in Fig. 16. 'lhe tape 151 after having been passed through the lower guide 156 is carried down to an engagement with thc forward face of the body of the swinging guide arm 162 and is then carried through the opening in the ontci end of the guide plate 165, also through the opening 164 in said swinging guide arm and through the opening 139 at the forward bottom portion of the needle bai shield to an engagement with the upper lace o1' the lower member 163 ofthe said swinging guide arm. thus holding the lower end ol the tape in the path ol the needle 140; and as the needle `bar descends and the needle 14() takes hold of the tape, the swinging guide arm 162 is pushed to the rear out of the way by the needle in its descent. Therefore, while the tape is guided at the lower end ol the needle bar shield in operation it is not subjected to any undue tension.

A lug 166 extends horizontally forward from the lower slide 33 of the main guide bar 3l, which lug engages the collar 141 on the needle bar guide when said needle bar guide has reached its desired lowest. pointl thus holding said needle bar shield stationary at such time while the needle bar travels further on to deposit. the tape in the box.

At a suitable distance below the lower frame section A@ a cross bar 167 is secured to thelront uprights or rods 13 of the frame as particularly shown in Figs. l() and 12, and upon this cross bar horizont-.il tables 163 are mounted to slide, one table for each device carried by the main frame. Uponsaid tables thc boxes designated as 1,63 are adapted to rest as is shown in Fig. lt when the tape is to be inserted therein. table 16S is provided with a longitudinal slot 169 at the central portion of its outer end and with a channeled downward extension 170 at its rear portion, through which extension a cross bar 167 loosely passes, being held in adjustable position by a set screw 17].

A channel 169 is produced in each side wall of the slot 169, and at the outer end of said slot 169 a jaw 172 is tixedly yet removably secured, while an opposing jaw 173 is mounted to slide in saidchannels ,169 to and from the fixed jaw. A rod 174 is secured to the sliding jaw 173 as is shown in Fig. 16, which rod passes loosely out through the rear end of the table 168 and the rearend of said bar is threaded. A spring 175 is coiled around the rod' 174 within the slot 169, and said spring tends to keep tho sliding jaw 173 in biting engagement with the fixed jaw 17 2.

A bracket 176 exteiids down through/the side of the table 168 at the roar, and upon said bracket a trip lever 177 is fulcrumed, the upper end 178 whereof is forked to receive the rear end of the rod 174, being prevented from sliding off the rod by nuts 179 screwed upon the rear threaded extremity of the rod as is shown in Fig. 16.

The lower end of thel trip lever 177 bears against the front face of the main driven shaft 19, and said shaft is provided with a longitudinal rib 19LL where the lever 1'77A engages. Normally the jaws,172 and 173 are closed, 'i

that is to say whenthe machine is idle the jaws are open but in operation they are closed; and the needle 140 carrying the tape` 151, after passing through the box 168as is shown in Fig. 16, forces its way between the said jaws which clamp the inserted end of the 'tape and hold it while the carrier, namely the sleeves`37V and operatingvk shaft 39 moveupward together with the needle bar i134 and just after the operating shaft 39 has tripped the mechanism for raising the shear-operating tube 113. to cut the tape, the rib` 19a on the shaft 19 will engage with the trip lever 177, moving its upper end backward and' thereby carrying the sliding jaw 173 in the same direction. This `momentary opening of the jaws 172 and 173 permits the operator to' remove the box from the table or tables 168without danger of withdrawing the inserted tape.' p

In the general operation of this latter form of the machine, the parts being in normal position, the shaft 19 is thrown in gear1 with the drive shaft 15 to receive one complete revolution. The operating shaft 39 will then be carried down passing the trip lever 129 for the shearor knifeoperating mechanism without'affecting it as has been state-d; but as soon as the said operating shaft 39 engages the offset 136 from the needle bar slide 135, said bar andslide are carried downward, taking the tape between the open shear blades 120 and 121. As the slide 135 travels downward, carrying the lower end of the needle bar 134 and its shield 137 below the shears, the collar 141 ony the needle bar shield 137 will be engaged by the lip or lug 166 extending out from the front bar of the frame section A, and the said lug or lip will prevent the said needle bar shield from moving further downward, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 11, while the needle bar 134 will continue its downward travel until its needle 140 has passed the tape 151 through the box 168" and between the jaws 17 2 and 173, whereupon the operating shaft 39 moves upward, and the springcontrolled-mechanism connected with the needle bar slide 135 draws the needle lfrom engagement with the tape and from between the said jaws, leaving said tape clamped between the jaws. Thus after the needle bar by adjusting the sliding head block 111"L upward or downward asin the other form of the machine the same result'is accomplished by adjusting the trip sleeve 66 upon its support.

A forwardly-extending finger arm 180 is adjustably secured to the cross bar 167, against which finger arm an end of the box 168 is pressed, so that the needle or needles will enter the boxes at the same place at each operation, or at any place that may be selected, A guide block 181 is secured to a side edge of a table 168 to enable the operator to quickly direct the boxto a proper position over the jaws 172 and 173.

'Although I:have denominated the elements that pass the tape through the box as needles, they are not actually needles inasmuch as the tape is simply engaged by them, therefore they may be more properly denomin ated in a general sense as pushing or introductory members or elements, and their carriers instead of needle bars as plunger bars. I desire it to be understood that any form of rest may be employed for the boxes or l other articles to which the tape is to be applied, and vthat the tape can be introduced at any-desired` point singly or in multiple; and further that I d0 not restrict myself to the details of construction shown and described` Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Iietters Patent,-,

v 1. In a machine for applying tape to boxes, a support, a carriage mounted for movement lin said support, means for imparting movement to the carriage, a plunger and ai tape introductory member operated by `the cai-ringe, means for directing tape into the path of the introductory member, means for temporarily holding the tape when so directed, and means for cutting the tape while s o held.I4

2, In a machine for applying tape to boxes, a support, n. carriage mounted for movement on the support, means for imparting movement to the carriage, a plunger bar, a tape introductory member operated by said carriage, means for directing tape to the said member, a detent for the tape preventingy its backward movement, a feed for the tape, und n swinging device -for holding an end of the tape in the path of the said introductory member.

3. In a machine for applying tape to boxes, `a support, a carriage having sliding movement upon said support, a drive shaft, a connection between said drlve shaft and the carriage, whereby to give an up-anddown movement to said carriage at each revolution of the shaft, a stop mechanism .for the shaft, acting at the finish of each` revolu tion thereof, a plunger bar and tape introductory member opcratedliy the carriage, means for guiding taperinto the path of the said member, u detent and feed for'the tape which prevents its backwardI movement and carries it downward, n cutting mechanism, and devlcesoperated by the carriage, for bringing the cutting mechanism into cutting action after the downward stroke of the plunger bar.

4. In a machine for applying tape to boxes, asupport, u carriage having sliding movement upon said support, a needle bur and needle operated by the movement of the carriage, a drive shaft, a connection between the drive shaft and the carriage whereby to give a up and down movement to the carriage at each revoluti n of the shaft, a stop mechanism vfor the shaft acting lat the 'finish of each revolution thereof, means for guiding the tape into the path of the needle,'a cutting mechanism in the path o1:

the tape. a detent for the tape that prevents its backward motion. and means operated b v the carri ge for opening and closing the cutters of said cutting mechanism. openA ing them t'or thi` passage ot` the needle and accoinpanying tape, and closing them tor cutting action I'or such passage.

In a machine for placing tape ou boxes. :1 frame. :1 carriage slidably mounted on the t'rame. a reciprocatingl tape carrying needle. a tension-controlled member that; directs the tape to the needle. a cutting mechanism adiacenti to the path'of the needle including horiz .itally mounted pivoted blades having movement to and trom each other. and devices controlled by the movement ot' the carriage for opening :unl closing the cutters. opening them for the pas: ige 'of the needle and closing them tor cutting after the passage ot' said needle, and means also controlled b v the carriage tor t'imedly operating ne needle relatively tio the cutting mechanism.

ti. ln a machine t'or placing tape in boxes, a frame. a

carriage slidahly mounted on the trame. a support for a box, a cutting mechanism above said support. a tape-carrying needleI mounted for sliding movement` past. the cutters of the cutting mechanism, and devices controlled by the lnoveinent of said carriage, Tor tiinedly operating the needle and the cutting mechanism, first opening the cutters ot said cutting mechanism, then passing the needles by the open cutters and then causing the cutters o1` said cutting mechanism to close and cut. the tape carried between them by said needle.

T. in a machine for placing tape in boxes, a frame, a carriage slidably mounted on said traine. a support for :1 box. a cutting mechanism above Isaid support, a iapc-carryiug needle mounted for sliding movement past the cnt ters ot` th(` cuttingl mechanism, and devices controlled b v the movement' of the carriage tor timedly operating the needle and said cutting mechanism, tirst' opening` the cutters ot' the cutting mechanism. then passing the needle by the open cutters :1nd then causing the cutter` ot said cutit'ing mechanism to close and cut the tape carried between them by the said needle, a table to receive the box located below the cutting mechanism, spring-controlled jaws carried by the said table. adapted to take the tape from the needle at; its downward throw at'ter passing through the box on the. table and to temporarily retain said tape, and means for opening the jaws during the upward movement of the needle. I

S: ln a machine for applying tape to boxes, a tixed frame, a carriage mounted to slide on the same, a driven shaft, means for timing the same, a stop for the driven shaft. acting at the end 0f each revolution o1' said shatt, connections between the driven 'shaft and the carriage to impart an up-a.nd-down movement', thereto at each revolu tion of said drivenlshaft, a' tape-carrying needle, a recii'n'ocating carrier therefor, a tixed cutting mechanism, the needle having movement' past the cutters thereof to conductiape thereto, and devices controlled by the earriage for t'imedly operating said needle and opening and closing the cutters of the cutting mechanism.

9, In a machine for applying tape to boxes, a reciprocatingplunger bar and :i tape introductory member, :i

sensor "uide for the tape and a spring directing member carried the guide and adapted to direct the t'ree end ol' thi` tape into the path otthe descending introductory member.

til. in :1 machine tor applying tape to boves. a reciprocating plunger bar :ind :i iape inirtaliicioi' member. a y'uidi- I'or the tape pivotally mounted for movement to and irom :ne plunger bar :1nd introductory member, a swinging directing member carried by thc guide :ind adapted to dircci the tape to the lower portion ot the guide, into the path ot' the introductory member in its descent. and means t'or controlling' the movement ot' the guide by the movement ot' the plunger bar. A

ii. ln :1 machine for apply g' tape to boxes. a recipri cating plunger bar and :i tape inii'odiictory member. a guide tor the tape operated by thc movement ol the plunger har. i directing member pivotally mounted upon the said guide to swing below its lower end :1nd direct lhe lower end ot the tape to the descending introdiniorv member, and a detcnt and llap for the tape morftted to .et in ct'injunction with the said tape guide being carried thereby.

12. ln :1 machine for applying tape to boxes. :1 reciprocating plunger bar. :1 tape introductory member` :i cutting mechanism acting in conjunction therewith. a clamping device for the lower end of the tape, having clamping action in advance ot the action ot" the cutting mechanism, andl an automatically operated release t'or the clamping device.

1I?. ln :1 machine t`or applying tape to hoy( a reciprocating plunger har. :i needle bar, a tape carrying instrument attached to the needle bar. a cuttingmechanism acting in conjunction with the plunger bar and needle bar. the said cutting mechanism being in the path ot the tape carrying instrument. an actiiating mechanism common to the plunger bar, the needle bar` and the cutting mechanism. means tor timedly controlling the movement ot' the cutting mechanism relatively to the movements ot' the needle bar. a support t'or the box, and means for removing the tape t'rom its carrying instrument and temporarily` holding said tape.

l-t. ln a machine tor applying tape to boxes :1 reeipro eating plunger bar. a needle bar, :i tape car, ng needle for said bar, a tape cutting' mechanism in the path ot the needle, :1nd an actuating mechanism common to the plunger bar, the needle bar, and the cutting mechanism. acting t'iinedly upon each ot.' the said factors. opening the cutters ot the cutting mechanism i'or the passage ot the nedle, and closing the said cutters to sever the tape, a feed device for the tape, a clamping mechanism t'or the lower end of the tape when the latter has been passed through a box, and a timedly operating release t'or the clamping,r mechanism.

In testimony waercoi' l have signed my name to this specification in the presence ot two subscribing witnesses.

ISlIitliii DREYFUSS. Witnesses z li. W. lkvaifonn, lirimr I, RoLLnAus. 

